garw
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡarʊ/
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡaːru/, /ˈɡaru/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *garwos (compare Cornish garow, Irish garbh), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”) (compare Latin horreō, Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬨𐬥𐬀 (zaršaiiamna, “ruffling one's feathers”), Sanskrit हर्षते (harṣate, “it bristles”)).
Adjective
garw (feminine singular garw, plural garw, equative garwed, comparative garwach, superlative garwaf)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| garw | arw | ngarw | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Etymology 2
Noun
garw
- Soft mutation of carw (“deer”).
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| carw | garw | ngharw | charw |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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